Iran and Armenia have always sided with each other in difficult times, Kazem Sajjadi said.
He made the remarks in a ceremony held to celebrate the Nowruz ceremony in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
The envoy referred to the recent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's visit to Iran and described Iran and Armenia relations as friendly.
Commenting about the peaceful nature of Nowruz celebration, he said that the Iranian nation has always been peace-seeking and an advocate of regional and international peace.
Iran and Armenia have taken major strides in widening and deepening their relations in recent years, particularly in the economic sphere.
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